Battlefield sees over 130 Russian attacks in 24 hours, most on Pokrovsk front – Ukraine's General Staff
Ukrainian and Russian forces have clashed a total of 134 times along the front lines over the past day. Ukrainian defenders repelled 38 Russian attacks on the Pokrovsk front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 08:00 on 18 December
Details: On the North Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk fronts, three combat clashes have taken place over the past day.
On the South Slobozhanshchyna front, the Russians assaulted the positions of Ukrainian units six times near the settlements of Lyman, Odradne and Dovhenke and towards the settlement of Izbytske.
On the Kupiansk front, three Russian attacks have been recorded over the past day. Ukraine's defence forces repelled Russian assault actions near Zahryzove and towards the settlements of Pishchane and Hlushkivka.
On the Lyman front, the Russians launched 15 attacks, attempting to advance near the settlements of Novovodiane, Kolodiazi, Drobysheve and Novoselivka and towards the settlement of Cherneshchyna.
On the Sloviansk front, the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions five times near the settlements of Serebrianka, Siversk, Zvanivka and Pereizne.
On the Kramatorsk front, no combat clashes were recorded.
On the Kostiantynivka front, the Russians conducted 17 attacks near the settlements of Oleksandro-Shultyne, Kleban-Byk, Pleshchiivka and Rusyn Yar and towards Kostiantynivka and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk front, Ukrainian defenders repelled 38 Russian assault and offensive actions near the settlements of Shakhove, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Myrnohrad, Pokrovsk, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske and Dachne and towards Novopavlivka.
On the Oleksandrivka front, the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions nine times near the settlements of Oleksandrohrad, Sosnivka, Solodke, Pryvilne and Krasnohirskе and towards Dobropillia.
On the Huliaipole front, the Russians attacked Ukrainian positions ten times near Huliaipole and towards Varvarivka.
On the Orikhiv front, the Russians launched three offensive actions near Plavni.
Ukraine's Air Force and units from Rocket Forces and Artillery struck one cluster of Russian military personnel and equipment as well as one command post and two other important Russian assets.
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